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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "George Ochuko" <clydesdaleatmdept@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: georgeochuko010@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 01:09:23 +1000
Subject: RE: OFFICIAL MEMO.


Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas [NLNG]
NLNG House, Broad Street,
Lagos Central Business District,
LAGOS-NIGERIAN

Dear Friend,

RE: TRANSFER OF USD36,500,000.00 (THIRTY SIX, MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS ONLY) TO A SAFE ACCOUNT.

I wish to intimate you with this proposal in my capacity as Chief
Accountant, and in
full agreement with the Auditor-General of this Company the Nigeria
Liquified
Natural Gas.The above sum resulted from inflated contract amount from
awarded and
executed contracts by this company.

We wish to transfer this surplus amount to your account overseas for safe
keeping
for a mutual benefit and investment. For more information on this, get
back to me on
this email(georgeochuko010@yahoo.com.hk) as soon as possible for
commencement of the fund transfer.

Best regards,
George Ochuko





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